Foods high in Phosphorus (USDA SR Legacy)

Phosphorus labelling differs between regulators. The FDA requires it on every nutrition label; Canada does not mandate it at all. Yet the mineral handles a job both countries recognise: partnering with calcium to mineralise bones and teeth, and shuttling energy within each cell.

Animal foods (meat, fish, dairy, eggs) hold far more phosphorus than plants do, so this ranking skews toward them. The table shows raw numbers, but your body absorbs phosphorus from animal sources more readily than from grains or legumes, where phytic acid can bind it.

FDA daily value: 1250 mg

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Showing 1–50 of 7,245 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1 Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, straight phosphate Baked Products 9918.00 mg 793%
2 Leavening agents, baking powder, low-sodium Baked Products 6869.00 mg 550%
3 Puddings, all flavors except chocolate, low calorie, instant, dry mix Sweets 2368.00 mg 189%
4 Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate Baked Products 2191.00 mg 175%
5 Seeds, cottonseed meal, partially defatted (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1684.00 mg 135%
6 Rice bran, crude Cereal Grains and Pasta 1677.00 mg 134%
7 Puddings, chocolate flavor, low calorie, instant, dry mix Sweets 1660.00 mg 133%
8 Seeds, hemp seed, hulled Nut and Seed Products 1650.00 mg 132%
9 Beverages, Cocoa mix, low calorie, powder, with added calcium, phosphorus, aspartame, without added sodium or vitamin A Beverages 1630.00 mg 130%
10 Seeds, cottonseed flour, partially defatted (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1597.00 mg 128%
11 Seeds, cottonseed flour, low fat (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1587.00 mg 127%
12 Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder Beverages 1429.00 mg 114%
13 Smelt, dried (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 1400.00 mg 112%
14 Whey, acid, dried Dairy and Egg Products 1349.00 mg 108%
15 Beverages, Protein powder whey based Beverages 1321.00 mg 106%
16 Cereals ready-to-eat, SUN COUNTRY, KRETSCHMER Toasted Wheat Bran Breakfast Cereals 1314.00 mg 105%
17 Gelatin desserts, dry mix, reduced calorie, with aspartame, no added sodium Sweets 1293.00 mg 103%
18 Gelatin desserts, dry mix, reduced calorie, with aspartame Sweets 1293.00 mg 103%
19 Beverages, Protein powder soy based Beverages 1272.00 mg 102%
20 Beverages, fruit-flavored drink, dry powdered mix, low calorie, with aspartame Beverages 1239.00 mg 99%
21 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried Nut and Seed Products 1233.00 mg 99%
22 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1174.00 mg 94%
23 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1174.00 mg 94%
24 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1158.00 mg 93%
25 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1158.00 mg 93%
26 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92%
27 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92%
28 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels from shell, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92%
29 Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat germ, toasted, plain Breakfast Cereals 1146.00 mg 92%
30 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1139.00 mg 91%
31 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1139.00 mg 91%
32 Cereals ready-to-eat, SUN COUNTRY, KRETSCHMER Wheat Germ, Regular Breakfast Cereals 1130.00 mg 90%
33 Babyfood, Snack, GERBER, GRADUATES, LIL CRUNCHIES, baked whole grain corn snack Baby Foods 1044.00 mg 84%
34 Egg, yolk, dried Dairy and Egg Products 1040.00 mg 83%
35 Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 1040.00 mg 83%
36 KRAFT VELVEETA LIGHT Reduced Fat Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Dairy and Egg Products 1024.00 mg 82%
37 Wheat bran, crude Cereal Grains and Pasta 1013.00 mg 81%
38 Cereals ready-to-eat, SUN COUNTRY, KRETSCHMER Honey Crunch Wheat Germ Breakfast Cereals 1011.00 mg 81%
39 Milk, dry, nonfat, calcium reduced Dairy and Egg Products 1011.00 mg 81%
40 Milk, dry, nonfat, instant, without added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 985.00 mg 79%
41 Milk, dry, nonfat, instant, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 985.00 mg 79%
42 Steelhead trout, dried, flesh (Shoshone Bannock) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 976.00 mg 78%
43 Milk, dry, nonfat, regular, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 968.00 mg 77%
44 Milk, dry, nonfat, regular, without added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 968.00 mg 77%
45 Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted Finfish and Shellfish Products 950.00 mg 76%
46 KRAFT CHEEZ WHIZ LIGHT Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Dairy and Egg Products 943.00 mg 75%
47 Milk, buttermilk, dried Dairy and Egg Products 933.00 mg 75%
48 Whey, sweet, dried Dairy and Egg Products 932.00 mg 75%
49 Cheese spread, American or Cheddar cheese base, reduced fat Dairy and Egg Products 931.00 mg 74%
50 KRAFT FREE Singles American Nonfat Pasteurized Process Cheese Product Dairy and Egg Products 923.00 mg 74%

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